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27th July 2018, 07:55 AM
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| Re: IIT Madras Question Papers
The previous year question paper of Humanities and Social Sciences Entrance Examination (HSEE) conducted by IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) Madras is as follows: Section 1: English (36 Questions) Read the following passage and answer Q.1 to Q.5: The way some authors subverted the conventions of novel-writing in the seventies (for example, turning real-life into books that read like fiction), architects turned the built environment inside out: putting what is usually inside a building on the outside, and bringing the outside in. The supreme example is Pompidou Centre in Paris: a vast steel and glass shed, the size of a large department store, festooned with steel rods and colored pipes, with an extraordinary see through escalator hanging on its front facade. Here was a structure, the like of which the world had never seen, that caused controversy at the time and still divides opinion between those who love the building and those who consider it monstrous. Still, on the balance, it has become more beloved than reviled. Like the Sydney Opera House, the Pompidou started with an open international competition to find a design for an arts centre that would enhance the image of a city and nation. In this case, there was also a specific political dimension in the violent student protests of May 1968. President Charles De Gaulle had quashed that uprising, which carried with it the threat of a Communist-led revolution. His successor, Georges Pompidou, had the task of healing the wounds of ‘68. One of his ideas was to give Paris a wonderful new library, one that would have free access to all, which was in itself a sop to students. This idea then expanded into a grander dream of a cultural palace that would, in part, serve to entertain and, hopefully, distract the youth of Paris from causing further civil unrest. This centre would also be the first of what became a succession of grands projets commissioned by French presidents for the glorification of Paris. Spectacular though other structures are, none were quite so bold as the Pompidou Centre. Q.1 The most remarkable feature of the Pompidou Centre is: [A] it is huge and vast [B] it is located in the city centre [C] it is made of steel and glass [D] it has an unusual architecture Q.2 Which among the following is the most important reason for constructing the Pompidou Centre: [A] to glorify President Georges Pompidou [B] to quash the student revolution of 1968 [C] to cause sensation in the field of architecture [D] to enhance the image of Paris and France Q.3 In the sentence starting with "The supreme example….", the author uses the punctuation mark colon (  to :[A] elaborate [B] exemplify [C] contradict [D] dramatize Q.4 In the starting sentence of the above passage, ‘To subvert the conventions of an art form means: [A] to deviate from the established norms [B] to include something in a larger group and cause it to lose its own individual character [C] to provide evidence that proves something [D] to state an idea that is not clearly stated but can be understood Q.5 Angelic is to monstrous, what spectacular is to [A] overblown [B] enthusiastic [C] ordinary [D] critical Question Paper HSEE IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) Madras     |